This document provides suggestions and resources for engaging with India on the social web. It lists websites and social media channels that provide information on India, including old school websites, Wikipedia, wildlife conservation sites, an Indian music archive, and tourism organization pages. The document encourages liking, sharing, and otherwise interacting with content from and about India on platforms like YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Twitter, and TripAdvisor. It also suggests editing wikis and curating content on platforms like Flipboard, Pinterest, and Storify. The document is intended to be adapted and shared under an attribution-sharealike license.
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2. What are your go-to India resources and sources of
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license. We welcome your interaction -- comments,
questions, suggestions, shares, clips, favorites, likes and
hearts.
- Ron Mader (Las Vegas, 2017)
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About This Presentation
6. What we need from India
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• Livestreaming video from conferences
• Engaging Facebook pages from tourism offices
• Engaging Twitter interaction from officials
• Multilingual info
• Public access to tourism stats
• Spotlight on nature conservation
• Encouragement for fans of India
7. What we can do on the Social Web
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• Like/heart/star India
• Give a thumbs up on YouTube
• #Periscope and #FacebookLive
• Share photos on Flickr and Instagram
• Follow and retweet friends from India
• Edit wikis
• Curate on Flipboard, Pinterest and Storify
• Rate places on TripAdvisor and Yelp
• Favorite and embed Slideshare presentations
24. India Resources
Planeta India http://planeta.com/india
India Wildlife http://planeta.wikispaces.com/wildindia
The Alternative http://www.thealternative.in
Green Humour http://www.greenhumour.com
India Untravelled http://indiauntravelled.com
India Archive https://soundcloud.com/archive-of-indian-music
2012 Biodiversity COP http://www.cbd.int/cop11
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
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